| Incorporated: | 1978 | Ran First Train: | May, 1980 | 1980 - Mid 1983: | A small operation on 17 miles of track, Walkersville - Taneytown, leased from the State of Maryland. Did less than 200 carloads of business per year, 1 small locomotive, no cars owned or leased. Market value of stock = pennies per share. | October 1, 1983: | Purchased Westminster - Highfield line, 37 miles, from CSXT with private capital company raised. | July 1987 - July 1988: | Restored service to Westminster - Finksburg line, 8 miles, washed out by hurricanes Agnes and Eloise in early 1970's, and leased from State of Maryland. | August, 1988: | Purchased with private capital Finksburg - Glyndon line and miscellaneous Westminster track from CSXT, 5 miles, and placed in service. | June 1997: | Made formal offer to CSX to purchase Hagerstown - Gettysburg - Hanover - Glyndon - Baltimore line. | September, 1999: | Lehigh Portland Cement Company, our largest customer, breaks ground to double size of plant. $300 million Lehigh investment will take plant to 2,000,000 tons/year capacity | October, 2001: | New Lehigh Cement plant comes on stream for trial runs. Full production anticipated for 1st quarter 2002. | December, 2001 | New Lehigh plant in full production. | February, 2005 | Purchased line that MMID had been leasing from the State of Maryland | Fiscal Year Ending April 30, 2006: | Own 70 miles of track, 63 miles in service. Own 10 large locomotives Own and lease 424 freight cars Annual carloads of business = 12,644 Annual Gross Revenue = $7,800,00 Market value of common stock = over $14.00/share | | |
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